Re: Help with Sys 5 for IIGS-- Getting ShrinkIt

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

hello@kitty.com (Glue Sniffin' Ed) wrote:

>Ok......I uploaded a cool version of Shrinkit I found to the FTP you
>asked me to.  It's in mac binary format.  It can be unstuffed on a
>mac.....and you get a Shrinkit1.1.SEA file from it.  This SEA file is
>a self extracting archive that is made for the Apple GS.  Double click
>it on your GS and it will self expand into the executable GS Shrinkit
>:-)  They will need access to a mac....but...it seems to be the
>simplest solution I can find.  After all...If I uploaded a Diskcopy
>4.2 Image of my Shrinkit floppy...they would still need a mac to write
>out the disk.

Excellent!  Thanks!

>I can't upload it to comp.sys.apple2.binaries, as, well, I don't get
>that group on my news server.  It's a tiny file...and even though this
>isn't the place for binaries, I can post it in this group if you
>like...and thereby eliminate a bunch of headaches for Apple newbies
>like myself who are trying to get shrinkit on their GS.

Sorry about that.  It was my mistake.  The newsgroup is actually
comp.binaries.apple2, not comp.sys.apple2.binaries.  ;-(

>Oh....I also forgot...I can upload my Diskcopy image of it too if you
>want...but....I don't know how to Binhex it on my mac.....all I know
>how to do is un-binhex stuff....just dragging it and dropping it on
>Stuffit Expander :-)

No problem.  Macbinary is fine since it does the same thing with
regards to preserving Mac types.  Thanks for all the help.  A
DiskCopy 4.2 version also would be great if it is not too much of
a bother.  The IIGS has a program called Clone that can extract
such images so having it would be great.

>Forgive me for being stupid.....but macs and GS's are new to me.

No, no, you are the few Mac users who've responded to this
request.  I'm quite surprised that many otherwise helpful Mac
and IIGS crossplatform users went completely quiet when the
issue of Mac archiving GS Shrinkit was raised (instead, they
seem to prefer forcing users to go through hoops like ProTYPE).
Thanks for the help.  I really appreciate it.